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Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane

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Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane
Studio album by
Released1960
GenreMOR
LabelPye Golden Guinea
101 Strings chronology
Grand Canyon Suite Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane Morning Noon and Night

Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane was the fourth hit album, and first UK number one, for German orchestra 101 Strings. The album was the twentieth record[1] to make number one in the UK and the first double number one album.[2] It spent five weeks at the top.

The album consists of orchestral cover versions of both older and contemporary hits.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Drury Lane to Broadway" 
2."Rose Marie" 
3."One Alone" 
4."Make Believe" 
5."One Kiss" 
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."You Are My Heart’s Delight" 
2."Don’t Say Goodbye" 
3."A Girl Like Nina" 
4."I Won’t Dance" 
5."Glamorous Night" 
Side three
No.TitleLength
1."Between the Acts" 
2."Music in May" 
3."Rose of England" 
4."My Love is Like the River" 
5."People Will Say We’re In Love" 
Side four
No.TitleLength
1."Some Enchanted Evening" 
2."Getting to Know You" 
3."Fanny" 
4."I Could Have Danced All Night" 

Chart positions

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Chart Year Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[3] 1960 1

Writing credits

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The following personnel all have writing credits on this album.[4]

References

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  1. ^ UK Number One Albums Archived September 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Neil Warwick, John Kutner and Tony Brown : The Complete Book of British Charts (3rd edition) p.807
  3. ^ "The Official Charts Company - 101 Strings - Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  4. ^ The sleeve notes of the album